This section provides people in prison with information about their legal rights and how to make best use of them.
If you have any general legal questions that you would like to be answered, please let us know.
The law, like other professions, has its own language. It helps keep all the lawyers huddled around some special stuff and keep the rest of us outside.
This is the first of a two-part series on Freedom of Information (FOI), (also called Right to Information). In this part, we explain why FOI is important and how to lodge an application for information.
Bail is a promise you can make that you will return to court. It means you can stay in the community (instead of jail) until your legal matters finish. If you are being held in custody and you haven’t been found guilty, you may be able to apply for bail.
When people are imprisoned, they lose their freedom, but they do not lose all of their human rights. International human rights law makes this very clear.
The Ombudsman is an independent organisation that oversees complaints against government decisions and actions. Each state/territory has their own Ombudsman. The Ombudsman responds to a complaint by investigating from both sides what has happened and why.
Through these articles, we provide information on relevant areas of law. This first article provides basic information to make it easier for family and friends to support you. There are differences in the ways the systems operate depending on where you’re located (VIC, NSW, ACT or TAS), so we hope this is useful and relevant to where you are.
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